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While Alan Pardew hopes that Luuk de Jong can “tick a box” for Newcastle
United before what he expects to be a busy summer in the transfer market,
the manager has conceded that the Holland forward must improve every aspect
of his game if he is to become a permanent member of his squad.

Pardew has sympathy for the 23-year-old, who signed in January on loan from
Borussia Mönchengladbach — where he failed to start a league game this
season — and who is still “finding his feet” in the Barclays Premier League.
Newcastle have a £6 million option to buy De